Table 4.
Cost of healthcare resource use associated with managing burns (n=294) in clinical practice at 2017/2018 prices (percentage of the total cost is within parenthesis)
| Resource | Mean cost of resource use per burn over 24 months from initial presentation | |||||
| All burns | Healed burns | Unhealed burns | ||||
| Medical admissions (no surgery) | £8879.70 | (52) | £6292.18 | (52) | £21 347.72 | (53) |
| Outpatient visits | £2601.60 | (15) | £1931.91 | (16) | £5897.84 | (15) |
| GP visits | £2004.80 | (12) | £1501.41 | (13) | £4488.47 | (11) |
| Practice nurse visits | £1314.30 | (8) | £975.89 | (8) | £2976.36 | (7) |
| Dressings | £850.00 | (5) | £462.60 | (4) | £2573.34 | (6) |
| Surgical admissions | £524.70 | (3) | £323.42 | (3) | £1449.60 | (4) |
| Accident and emergency attendances | £318.00 | (2) | £228.31 | (2) | £752.81 | (2) |
| Community nurse visits | £117.40 | (1) | £59.69 | (<1) | £356.33 | (1) |
| Bandages | £120.40 | (1) | £76.82 | (1) | £322.52 | (1) |
| Prescriptions for analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories | £150.90 | (1) | £119.37 | (1) | £313.96 | (1) |
| Other wound care products | £34.70 | (<1) | £25.11 | (<1) | £81.35 | (<1) |
| Ambulance transportation | £5.70 | (<1) | £4.80 | (<1) | £10.75 | (<1) |
| Laboratory tests | £1.70 | (<1) | £0.82 | (<1) | £5.61 | (<1) |
| Total | £16 923.90 | (100) | £12 002.33 | (100) | £40 576.66 | (100) |
GP, general practitioner.